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earplug

device meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the user's ears from loud noises or the intrusion of water, foreign bodies, dust or excessive wind
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earplug

Summary

earplug ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • earplug is a type of ear protection[2].
  • earplug's Commons category is recorded as Ear plugs[3].
  • earplug's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ear plugs[4].
  • earplug's Commons gallery is recorded as Earplugs[5].
  • earplug's different from is recorded as plug[6].
  • earplug's studied by is recorded as audiology[7].
  • earplug's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Hearing Health[8].
  • earplug's P14541 is recorded as 3WwCPj[9].

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Definition and Type

earplug is a type of ear protection[2].

Why It Matters

earplug ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).[1] earplug has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] earplug is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → earplugs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: earplugs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932847|earplugs (#289932847)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3WwCPj
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Suelen Regina Aguiar Rocha · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ear plugs
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Different from → plug
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Ruído na rua.png"
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